Maybe I could add some Cimatron short comings? Hmmmmmmmm maybe not. Jb please take the Cimatron ball & run - this ought a be good.
Engine room more speed the klingons are closing on us fast! Scotty here captain, I don't know if she'll take it!
Man thats freekin GREAT! thank you as the late great Paul Harvey said "Good Day!"
Gil the HOLDZEM=A9=AE king - contrary to popular belief again!
A definition of insanity is doing the same thing over & over again & expecting different results.- Einstein?
Wooooooow Better than sliced bread? Hey! thats HOLDZEM=A9=AE you guys are talking about now!
I stole that phrase about 4yrs ago. Wah Wah Wah!!!!!!!!!!!
I can't figure out what's causing it. Something to do with replying to google groups. made posts.
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Ok thats it, its now "official" From the desk of Kernel Cliff, from now on its Jonewsh. LOL JB & all the other common shmuck names too:-) Ya Jonewsh......... thats it. Ya gotta feel sorry for such a lost sole? Fuck he's bouncing off the
3D walls of the CAM/CAM world like a freekin wamo super ball! (loved those old balls) All ya can do is ??????Sure doesn't seem like much relevant going on in this group lately.
anyone up for a 3D challenge?
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Ok truth is 1hr Solidworks , 1hr IT13, 1hr Hurco machine time.
I'm a turtle & very slow CNC guy.
piece-o-cake? right?
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Hmmm intresting. If given the 2D dxf file & the print, would you use the CAD data to build the model? or just input the dim's off the hard copy?
I used both, double checking the math/geometry as I created the model. It definitely was a fooler for me. I too looked at it & said 10min tops. wrong! Damn Solidworks, it aint no Pro/E. (good thing) I had a bitch of a time making the 1/16ball cuts, till I figured out too "cut-away" more & "fill back in" Even the full ball fillets had to be "cheated" a few thou. Another SW trick. If it won't fillet with the proper size rad. try making the R. smaller till it will regen. It may be only a few tenths! to make work.
I could have done the whole thing in IT13 no problem. Working with solids & symmetry (every knows except Jonewsh) is much more productive, plus you get a "pretty" solid model for FEA/down stream work & exporting to the rest of the world(SW does make good exportable file formats)
Think its easy? Here's the 2d dxf file, if anyone wants to play.
How much is the one for banquerbabble?
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negotiable with the amount of effort exerted in order to achieve the desired end result, basically its TIME & MONEY =3D anything can be done & undone or redone. We should be coming out of this "black hole" we are in soon according to the latest pole on wall street? Hell 387k/sec aint shit in a black hole. That what make's em black. No offense here with respect to our government spending at +387k/sec.
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\|||/ (o o) ______.oOO-(_)-OOo.____________________ ~ Gil ~ the self proclaimed IT13=A9=AE king (on A.M.C. only)
Only the US has more billionaires than China. For a little bit yet I assume. A year or two?
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It might seem a paradox, but as the economy slows down, it's the quickest that survive and position themselves for future growth. Rezmin Tool & Die (ON) and Diamond Tool & Engineering (Bertha, MN) are two such companies that are thriving in today's tough times. Learn how they do it by viewing the recording from this week's webcast with Modern Machine Shop, "Tool Shop Optimization Case Studies: Survival of the Quickest".
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Do they have to be able to drill holes?
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I've gotten away from drilling/c-boring larger holes in the range of
3/8-1" & not to deep. Now days with the ease of conversational programming (at the machine), just circle mill'm. Saves tool setup time, better location, easily size adjustment ect. I allways have a 1/4,6mm,5/16&3/8 EM's in the carousel, but drills & c-bore'rs have to be continuely set up. Buy that time I'm done milling.-- \|||/ (o o) ______.oOO-(_)-OOo.____________________ ~ Gil ~ the self proclaimed IT13=A9=AE king
Works well for ejector pins & water lines does it?
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Ko's(ejectors): are mostly 3/8 & smaller & usually deep - thru the block. Unless your referring to the pin itself? Those are tough to drill till you get past the nitride surface on the outside. Ejector pins come in many styles& material choices nowdays. Thru hard, close tol. for "cosmetic" apps, Then there's the return pins, angle pins (pecker pins), core pins(c&cx),HSS punches(bevel head, sqr head), dowel pins(pull&std, roll pins,leader pins,gas filled cooling pins - ok Moldmakers are pinheads? You got me going on that one! I'll skip the bushings for now.
Cooling/heating lines: normally 7/16" & very deep! thank god for gun drills. Thermoset plastic & die-cast molds are heated with hot oil. Themoplastic molds are cooled, with water/antifreeze mix, or slightly heated & kept at a specific operating temp. depending on the polymer used. Oh dont forget about the kelrod heater holes that must be .
500/.501 dia.End Moldmaking 101- the basics intro. Stay tuned next week for the d*****ad design flaws!
Hey wait a sec. this is a Cimatron post! How did I get so far off topic? Well here it is - Moldmakers best friend: CIMATRON. ok being politically correct I'll give UG a plug too.
-- \|||/ (o o) ______.oOO-(_)-OOo.____________________ ~ Gil ~ the self proclaimed IT13=A9=AE king
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